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Published on: August 25, 2018
Vaccines against tick-borne diseases: a big step forward?
Nathalie Boulanger1, Stephen Wikel2
1Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle - UR7290 : Early Bacterial Virulence: Group Borrelia, Université de Strasbourg, France; Centre National de Référence Borrelia, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Strasbourg, France.
Abstract:
Ticks and tick-borne diseases are on the rise due to socioecosystemic changes and climate modification and are affecting human and animal health. Few vaccines are available. Two recent articles from Matias et al. and Pine et al. used mRNA technology to explore tick and pathogen proteins as vaccine candidates.
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